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Brian Wilson then retired the side in order in the ninth for the Series-winning save and first-time baseball world championships not just for the Giants (for the first time in 56 years) but for San Francisco, [34] since the Giants' five other world championships were won in New York (in 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933 and 1954).
The 2010 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a best-of-seven playoff series in Major League Baseball’s 2010 postseason that pitted the winners of the 2010 National League Division Series - the overall #1 seed Philadelphia Phillies and the second-seeded San Francisco Giants — against each other for the National League Championship ...
When the series shifted to San Francisco, the Giants shut out the Phillies in Game 3 by a 3–0 score thanks to a solid pitching performance from Matt Cain. In Game 4, the Giants overcame multiple attempts by the Phillies offense to even the series, as they prevailed by one run in the bottom of the ninth inning to take a 3–1 series lead.
The 2010 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2010 season. [2] The 106th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants; the Giants won the series, four games to one, to secure their first World Series championship since ...
(2) San Francisco Giants (West Division champions, 92–70) vs. (4) Atlanta Braves (Wild Card qualifier, 91–71): Giants win series, 3–1. [3] The Phillies and Reds had met in the postseason once before: in the 1976 NLCS, which the Reds won 3–0. The Giants and Braves also had one prior postseason series—the 2002 NLDS—which the Giants ...
The Giants' win earned the franchise its 17th playoff berth, the first since moving to San Francisco from New York City in 1958. [25] They faced the New York Yankees in the 1962 World Series, which they lost in seven games. [6] They returned to the playoffs in 1971 and the World Series in 1989 and 2002.
The history of the San Francisco Giants begins in 1883 with the New York Gothams and has involved some of baseball's greatest players, including Willie Mays, Juan Marichal, Barry Bonds, and Gaylord Perry. The team has won three World Series titles and six National League (NL) pennants since moving to San Francisco.
The 2010 season was the New York Giants' 86th in the National Football League (NFL) and their first season playing home games at New Meadowlands Stadium.The Giants were looking to improve on their 8–8 finish in 2009 and to return to the playoffs after missing the postseason.